Grand Rapids Michigan-1956: A Construction Site With Stacked Materials And A Workman

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Year1956
Decade1950s
LocationGrand Rapids, Michigan, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1956 Grand Rapids Michigan

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A Construction Site With Stacked Materials And A Workman — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1956, this vintage home movie captures a construction site in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The footage shows a field with concrete blocks, cinder blocks, and wooden planks stacked near a partially built structure. A workman in period-appropriate clothing moves through the site, handling materials. The scene is captured with the characteristic grain and color palette of mid-century home movies, offering a nostalgic glimpse into postwar construction and industrial activity.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127402615

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

Flags come from automated catalog metadata, not a legal opinion. The source is an original 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie reel. For high-stakes commercial use, request a full rights review.

Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel 1210 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: bill's first birthday,blueberry field
Reel-level year note: 1956-1957-1958
Reel-level location note: michigan
Date: 1956 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1950s Grand Rapids construction-site footage suited to documentary cutaways on postwar building work, materials handling, or everyday industrial landscapes.
Period detail: The stacked cinder blocks, lumber, open graded ground, and 8mm color home-movie look may show mid-century small-scale construction practice.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an observer's handheld view across a work area, with a distant workman or site activity treated as part of an unstaged everyday scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include concrete block walls, cinder blocks, lumber piles, stacked materials, open dirt or grass ground, barrels or containers, and a partly built structure.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, and handheld framing give the short 8mm sequence a clear physical-film archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, or cutaway for construction, labor, development, or mid-century local industry coverage.
Historical context: The footage visually places building materials and open work space within a 1956 Grand Rapids home-movie record without identifying a specific project or site.
Research note: People are flagged visible, so likeness and contextual review may be needed; no logos or music are evident, but copyright and property issues should be checked separately.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1956 Grand Rapids construction site, 1950s 8mm building materials, cinder block work area, and mid-century home movie labor footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1956 Grand Rapids footage, then with broader 1950s construction or industrial-materials scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1956 Grand Rapids construction-site view with low concrete walls, loose materials, and open ground in soft 8mm focus. — Low concrete walls and scattered materials mark an outdoor construction area.

Outdoor work area in Grand Rapids with stacked blocks, rubble, containers, and partial concrete construction visible in 1956 footage. — Stacked materials and debris sit beside a partially built concrete structure.

1956 Grand Rapids site view with stacked supplies, containers, open ground, and a small distant workman or figure near the materials. — A distant figure appears near stacked supplies in the open construction area.

Soft 8mm frame of a Grand Rapids construction site showing cinder blocks, stacked supplies, and open ground in 1956. — Cinder blocks and supplies are stacked beside the open work site.

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